Conveying apparatus.



J. M. KORE. CONVEYING APPARATUS. APPLIOATION rzmm'nno. a, 1907.

Patented June 1, 1909;

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CONVEYING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 5, 1907.

' Patented June 1,1909.

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GONVEYING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED D110. 3, 1907.

Patented June 1, 1909 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

wllzisszs m JOHN M. HORE, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1909.

Application filed December 3, 1907. Serial No. 404,924.

- '1 b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. Home, a citizen oi the United States, resident of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful lmprm'ement inConveyingApparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention pertains to apparatus to he used in connection with'the conveying of iron or steel from" the rolls in rolling mills after the rolling process, and is intended to perform mechanically, efficiently, and econoinically as to time and cost, operations that meat present performed by hand and at'comparatively great cost.

The object of my invention-is to-mechanically carry rolled muck iron from-the rolls to a point where while still retained by the apparatus the weighing of the material will he oi'l'cclorl, a "Flor which the material may be carried by the apparatus to abosh where it.

will be cooled by being inserted into the water of the hos-h, after which it is advanced to a shears to be cut, as would be the practice it the product is what is known as muck iron, but if the product is what is known as finished or shapes, the weighing and the in sorting into the bosh may both be omitted and the material passed from the feed rollers to a hot saw or to a cold shears to bevut into lengths and subsequently discharged into suitable receptacles adapted to hold the lengths in bundle form.

Like reference numerals in the specification refer to like parts in the drawings in \Il l i0li-- Figure 1 is a plan view of the apparatus and a hosh. 2 is a sectional elevation with a cover over the bosh. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the apparatus when used without tluhush. Fig. 4- is an elevation 'insection on iines 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, a feed roller conveyor section 9 is arranged adjacent to a stand of rolls (notshown) and having rollers 10 supported at each end thereof in the bearings 11 and carrying small hevcl gears 12 in engagement with the gears 13 on the shaft 1.4 and leading to a feed roller conveyor section 15 having rollers 16 carrying the bevel gears 13 on the shaft 19 which connected to the shaft. 14 by a universal coupling at The feed rolor15is moun ed on a scale platform 15 (Fig. 2) below which is the lever 21 which is connected at 22 to a suitable weighing scale in the scale box 22- for the purpose of weighing the -material while it is on-the feed roller conveyer'section 15. The shaft 23 carries the racks 24 (Fig. 2) which are secured to said shafts by the bearing 25 being bolted to the ,caps 25, the racks 24 being engaged and operated by the segmental .gears 26 on the shaft 27 when the latter' is operated by the lever 28. On each of the shat-ts 23, 28, and 29, are sprocket wheels 30 which operate the by the motion 0 the shaft 28 which is driven by motor 32, the chains 31 operating in different planes, and in their lower position' being below the level of the rollers 16 on the feed roller conveyor secti0n15 as shown in Fig. 2.' On the shafts 33, 34, and 35, are succeeding sprockets 36 and chains 37 and 38 operated-by the shaft which may be driven by the motor 39 or any suitable motive power, all of the chains being provided with dogs 38 The feed carrier 40 is arran ed transversely to the chain carriers and comprises the rollers 41 carried on the frame 42 and having-beveled gears 43 meshing with the gears 44 on the shaft 45, the shears 46 being arranged relative to said feed roller 40 and the succeeding feed roller 4-7 which are operated on the shaft 4.9 by reason of the gears 50 thereon meshing with the gears 51. p A pool of water or bosh 53, preferably below ground-level, is arranged within the area indicated by the lines 617 (Fig. 1), the course of the chains 32', and of the chain carriers 37 and 38 forming a broken line and being through the water in the h'osh as shown in Fig. 2, the water being supplied to the hos-h through a supply pipe 54. the pipe serving as an exhaust or outlet for the water of the bosh which is'inclosed by a suitable cover 56 having a funnel 57 which atlords an outlet for the steam from said hosh.

Motion being imparted to the shaft 14 by l a. motor or any suitable means. to put the. t'cod roller conveyor sections 9 and 15 in motion. and the shafts 23 and 35' being driven by the iuoto'rs ill and 39 (Fig. 1) lo operate the chain carriers. and the feed rollers 4-0 and -.-l7 operating by any suitable power applied to the shaft 4!), the operation chain carrier comprising chains 31 and 32 of the'apparatus is as follows: A bar or sheet of muck iron, for instance, emerging from the rolls wbuld pass on to the feed roller conveyer section 9 by the action of which it progresses onto the feed roller conveyer section 15 where the adjustment of said feed roller conveyer section 15 and the lever 21 allows the weight of the iron to register on the beam or scale. The lever 28 may then be depressed to operate the shaft 27 and cause the segments 26 to act upon the racks 9A: and elevate the shaft 23 and thereby raise the chains 31 to their higher position and thus lift the bar of iron 57 from the roller table (Fig. 2) and allow the travel of the chains 31 to carry the iron onto the chains 32 by which it is carried into the water of the bosh and to the chains 37 on which it passes to the succeeding chains 38 by which the iron is carried from the bosh and discharged onto the'feed roller 40 (Fig. 2) by which it is moved under the shears 46 and onto the feed roller 4:7 during its progress onto which the shears may be operated to cut the iron into desired lengths.

If the material that is being turned out from the rolls is other than muck iron or what is known as finished, or shapes, then in that case the weighing of the material "willnot be carried through the bosh, but

may be dispensed with, and the material having been fed onto the feed rolle'r conveyer section 15 will be raised therefrom on thechains 31 (Fig. 3) by the operation of feed roller 62"operated by the shaft (32; (Fig. 3) when the saw 63 may be utilized 'to cut the material into the desired lengths,

the lever 28* and conveyed directlyoverthe circular end of the chain carrier 38 where, by its own gravity, it will be deposited upon the feed rollers 40 on which it will travel ud ner the cold shears 46 onto the feed roller 47 preferably having, in this instance, an

independent shaft 47', when the shears'46 may be operated to cut the material into the desired lengths and the lever 59 being then operated, the-chain carrier 60 will raise the material from the feed roller 47 and being actuated by the movement of the shaft 60' will carry it the length of the carrier WllB1 it will fall by its own gravity into the U-sha ed receptacles 61 which are ada ted to ho d the materials in bundle form, Fig. 3). If it is desired to cut the material at a hot saw instead of on the cold shears, the lever 28' will not be operated to raise the material from the feed roller c'onveyer section 15 but the material will be allowed ,to travel onto a succeeding and the lever 64 operated to elevate the .chain carrier 65 to raise the material from the feed roller 62 and convey it to a com municating carrier 37 which will carry it t0"a point where by its own gravity it will fall into the U-shaped receptacles 68 adapted to contain it in bundle form and from which it may be removed in any desirable manner. In tlns arrangement the feed roller ccnveyer sections are operated by mdependont shafts 14, 62, a5 and 47., the

chain carriers being actuated by the motion of the shafts-33, 28, 35, and 60 which may be driven by an suitable motive power.

It will be obvious that the levers for raising the carriers maybe eliminated and the raising of said carriers having the material thereon may be effected by power applied thereto,'or that said levers if retained may be operated by hand or by mechanical means.

It will be apparent that the apparatus herein shown and described may be constructed differently in many details, and the arrangement of the parts varied without departing from the principle of the invention, or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof;

VVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. Ina feed roller conveyer, the combination of a feed roller, a scale platform, a succeeding feed roller table mounted on the Scale platform, shafts operatively connected to the rollers on the feed roller and feed roller table, a yielding member connecting said shafts to adapt the latter to be operated jointly and to allow an independent movement of the shaft on the feed roller table for the purpose of a weighing operation by the feed roller table, and a transversely arranged mechanism for carrying material from the feed roller table after the weighing operation.

2. In a feed roller conveyer, the combination of a feed roller adapted to receive material from rolls, a scale platform, a succeed ing feed roller table mounted on the scale platform for the purpose of a weighing operation, shafts operatively connected to the rollers of the feed roller and feed roller table, and a yielding member for connecting said shafts to operate jointly and to permit the shaft of the feed roller table to gravitate when the latter is gravitated upon the scale platform by material in transit, to effect a weighing operation.

3. In a feed roller conveyer, the combination of a feed roller adapted to receivematcrial from rolls, a scale platform, a succeeding feed roller table mounted on the scale platform for the purpose of weighing material in transit on said table, universally operation, universally connected shafts for rial from the feed roller table after the 10 operating the feed roller and the rollers on weighing operation.

' the feed roller table and adapted to permit In testimony whereof, I the said J OHN M.

the gravitation of said table by material in Hone have hereunto set my hand.

5 transit thereon to weigh the material, a

chain carrier arranged between the rolls of HORE the feed roller table and operating trans- Witnesses: versely thereof and means for raising and J. L. TREFALLER, Jr., lowering the chain carrier to transfer mate- E. ALBERT POWER. 

